U.S. patent application number 13/644317 was filed with the patent office on 2013-10-17 for charging and power supplying circuit, method and application device.
The applicant listed for this patent is HiSilicon Technologies Co.,Ltd.. Invention is credited to Hang Cheng, Caofei Heng, Jianping Wang, Pengfei Wang.
Application Number | 20130270907 13/644317 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 46482209 |
Filed Date | 2013-10-17 |
United States Patent
Application |
20130270907 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Heng; Caofei ; et
al. |
October 17, 2013 |
CHARGING AND POWER SUPPLYING CIRCUIT, METHOD AND APPLICATION
DEVICE
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a charging and
power supplying circuit, method and application device, which
relate to the field of smart charging, so as to improve
efficiencies of battery charging and system power supplying. The
charging and power supplying circuit includes a power supplying
tributary and a charging tributary. An end of the power supplying
tributary is connected to a power supply, and another end is
connected to a system. An end of the charging tributary is
connected to the power supply, and another end is connected to a
battery. A first transistor, a second transistor, a third
transistor, a first amplifier, a second amplifier, a third
amplifier, a fourth amplifier, a first comparator, a second
comparator, a charging controller, a logical switch, an adder and a
first control module are connected to the power supplying tributary
and the charging tributary.
Inventors: |
Heng; Caofei; (Chengdu,
CN) ; Wang; Pengfei; (Shenzhen, CN) ; Wang;
Jianping; (Chengdu, CN) ; Cheng; Hang;
(Chengdu, CN) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
HiSilicon Technologies Co.,Ltd. |
Shenzhen City |
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CN |
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Family ID: |
46482209 |
Appl. No.: |
13/644317 |
Filed: |
October 4, 2012 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
307/31 |
Current CPC
Class: |
H02J 7/0072 20130101;
Y02B 40/00 20130101; H02J 7/00 20130101; H02J 4/00 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
307/31 |
International
Class: |
H02J 4/00 20060101
H02J004/00 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Nov 14, 2011 |
CN |
201110359733.0 |
Claims
1. A charging and power supplying circuit, comprising: a power
supplying tributary and a charging tributary, wherein an end of the
power supplying tributary is connected to a power supply, and
another end is connected to a system; an end of the charging
tributary is connected to the power supply, and another end is
connected to a battery; a first transistor is connected to the
power supplying tributary, and a source and a drain of the first
transistor are connected to the power supplying tributary, and a
gate of the first transistor is connected to a line selection end
of a logical switch; a second transistor is connected to the
charging tributary, and a source and a drain of the second
transistor are connected to the charging tributary, and a gate of
the second transistor is connected to an output end of a charging
controller; a source and a drain of a third transistor are
connected to the battery and the system respectively, and a gate of
the third transistor is connected to a first control module; two
signal input ends of the logical switch are connected to an output
end of a first comparator and an output end of a second comparator
respectively, a first line selection end of the logical switch is
connected to an output end of a first amplifier, and a second line
selection end is connected to a switch-on control end; three input
ends of the charging controller are connected to an output end of a
second amplifier, an output end of a third amplifier and an output
end of a fourth amplifier respectively; the charging and power
supplying circuit further comprises an adder; a voltage of the
power supplying tributary is input to a first input end of the
adder, a voltage of the charging tributary is input to a second
input end, and an output of the adder is a sum of the voltage of
the power supplying tributary and the voltage of the charging
tributary; a first preset level is input to an anode of an input
end of the first amplifier, and a cathode of the input end of the
first amplifier is connected to the output end of the adder and the
sum of the voltage of the power supplying tributary and the voltage
of the charging tributary is input to the cathode; a second preset
level is input to an anode of an input end of the second amplifier,
and a cathode of the input end of the second amplifier is connected
to the output end of the adder and the sum of the voltage of the
power supplying tributary and the voltage of the charging tributary
is input to the cathode; the voltage of the charging tributary is
input to a cathode of an input end of the third amplifier, and a
third preset level is input to an anode of the input end of the
third amplifier; a component voltage of the battery is input to a
cathode of an input end of the fourth amplifier, and a fourth
preset level is input to an anode of the input end of the fourth
amplifier; an anode of an input end of the first comparator is
connected to the output end of the adder and the sum of the voltage
of the power supplying tributary and the voltage of the charging
tributary is input to the anode, and a fifth preset level is input
to a cathode of the input end of the first comparator; and a sixth
preset level is input to an anode of an input end of the second
comparator, and a cathode of the input end of the second comparator
is connected to the second input end of the adder and the voltage
of the charging tributary is input to the cathode.
2. The charging and power supplying circuit according to claim 1,
wherein the charging and power supplying circuit further comprises
a power supplying voltage detecting module; and an output end of
the power supplying voltage detecting module is connected to the
first input end of the adder, and an input end of the power
supplying voltage detecting module is connected to at least one of
the source and the drain of the first transistor.
3. The charging and power supplying circuit according to claim 2,
wherein the power supplying voltage detecting module comprises: a
first I/V converter, wherein and input end of the first I/V
converter is connected to the source or the drain of the first
transistor and a current of the power supplying tributary is input
to the input end, and the output end of the first I/V converter is
the output end of the power supplying voltage detecting module.
4. The charging and power supplying circuit according to claim 2,
wherein the power supplying voltage detecting module comprises: a
fourth transistor, wherein a source of the fourth transistor is
connected to the source of the first transistor, and a gate is
connected to the gate of the first transistor; a fifth transistor,
wherein a source of the fifth transistor is connected to a drain of
the fourth transistor; an operational amplifier, wherein an anode
of an input end of the operational amplifier is connected to the
drain of the fourth transistor, a cathode of the input end is
connected to the drain of the first transistor, and an output end
is connected to a gate of the fifth transistor; and a voltage
divider resistor, wherein a first end of the voltage divider
resistor is connected to a drain of the fifth transistor and a
second end is grounded, and the first end of the voltage divider
resistor is the output end of the power supplying voltage detecting
module.
5. The charging and power supplying circuit according to claim 2,
wherein the power supplying voltage detecting module comprises: a
fourth transistor, wherein a drain of the fourth transistor is
connected to the drain of the first transistor, and a gate is
connected to the gate of the first transistor; a fifth transistor,
wherein a source of the fifth transistor is connected to a source
of the fourth transistor; an operational amplifier, wherein an
anode of an input end of the operational amplifier is connected to
the source of the fourth transistor, a cathode of the input end is
connected to the source of the first transistor, and an output end
is connected to a gate of the fifth transistor; and a voltage
divider resistor, wherein a first end of the voltage divider
resistor is connected to a drain of the fifth transistor and a
second end is grounded, and the first end of the voltage divider
resistor is the output end of the power supplying voltage detecting
module.
6. The charging and power supplying circuit according to claim 2,
wherein the power supplying voltage detecting module comprises: a
fourth transistor, wherein a source of the fourth transistor is
connected to the source of the first transistor, and a gate is
connected to the gate of the first transistor; a fifth transistor,
wherein a source of the fifth transistor is connected to the drain
of the first transistor; a sixth transistor, wherein a source of
the sixth transistor is connected to a drain of the fourth
transistor, and a gate is connected to a gate of the fifth
transistor; a current source, wherein a first end of the current
source is connected to a drain and the gate of the fifth
transistor, and a second end is grounded; and a voltage divider
resistor, wherein a first end of the voltage divider resistor is
connected to a drain of the sixth transistor and a second end is
grounded, and the first end of the voltage divider resistor is the
output end of the power supplying voltage detecting module.
7. The charging and power supplying circuit according to claim 2,
wherein the power supplying voltage detecting module comprises: a
fourth transistor, wherein a drain of the fourth transistor is
connected to the drain of the first transistor, and a gate is
connected to the gate of the first transistor; a fifth transistor,
wherein a source of the fifth transistor is connected to the source
of the first transistor; a sixth transistor, wherein a source of
the sixth transistor is connected to a source of the fourth
transistor, and a gate is connected to a gate of the fifth
transistor; a current source, wherein a first end of the current
source is connected to a drain and the gate of the fifth
transistor, and a second end is grounded; and a voltage divider
resistor, wherein a first end of the voltage divider resistor is
connected to a drain of the sixth transistor and a second end is
grounded, and the first end of the voltage divider resistor is the
output end of the power supplying voltage detecting module.
8. The charging and power supplying circuit according to claim 2,
wherein the power supplying voltage detecting module comprises: a
first voltage difference amplifying module, wherein a first input
end of the first voltage difference amplifying module is connected
to the source of the first transistor, and a second input end is
connected to the drain of the first transistor, and the output end
of the first voltage difference amplifying module is the output end
of the power supplying voltage detecting module.
9. The charging and power supplying circuit according to claim 1,
wherein an inductor is connected to the charging tributary, and a
first end of the inductor is connected to the drain of the second
transistor, and a second end of the inductor is connected to the
battery; and the first end of the inductor is grounded through a
seventh transistor; and a source of the seventh transistor is
connected to the first end of the inductor, a drain is grounded,
and a gate is connected to the output end of the charging
controller.
10. The charging and power supplying circuit according to claim 9,
wherein the charging and power supplying circuit further comprises:
a second I/V converter, wherein an input end of the second I/V
converter is connected to the second end of the inductor and a
current of the charging tributary is input to the input end, and an
output end of the second I/V converter is connected to the cathode
of the input end of the third amplifier.
11. The charging and power supplying circuit according to claim 10,
wherein the charging and power supplying circuit further comprises:
a duty ratio generator, wherein an input end of the duty ratio
generator is connected to the output end of the second I/V
converter and the voltage of the charging tributary is input to the
input end, and an output end of the duty ratio generator is
connected to the second input end of the adder and to the cathode
of the input end of the second comparator.
12. The charging and power supplying circuit according to claim 10,
wherein an eighth transistor is connected to the charging
tributary, and a source of the eighth transistor is connected to
the power supply, a drain is connected to the source of the second
transistor, and a gate is connected to a second control module; and
the charging and power supplying circuit further comprises a
current sensor, and a first input end and a second input end of the
current sensor are connected to the source and the drain of the
eighth transistor respectively, and an output end of the current
sensor is connected to the second input end of the adder and to the
cathode of the input end of the second comparator.
13. The charging and power supplying circuit according to claim 10,
wherein a detection resistor is connected to the charging
tributary, and a first end of the detection resistor is connected
to the power supply, and a second end is connected to the source of
the second transistor; and the charging and power supplying circuit
further comprises a second voltage difference amplifying module,
and a first input end and a second input end of the second voltage
difference amplifying module are connected to the first end and the
second end of the detection resistor, and an output end of the
second voltage difference amplifying module is connected to the
second input end of the adder and to the cathode of the input end
of the second comparator.
14. The charging and power supplying circuit according to claim 1,
wherein types of the charging controller comprise a switch charger,
a linear charger and a pulse charger.
15. A charging and power supplying method, comprising: when a first
comparator finds, through comparison, that a sum of a voltage of a
power supplying tributary and a voltage of a charging tributary is
less than a fifth preset level; controlling, by the first
comparator and a second comparator, a second line selection end of
a logical switch to connect a gate of a first transistor to make
the first transistor fully switched on, and meanwhile, when a
voltage signal at a cathode of an input end of a second amplifier
is less than a second preset level at an anode of the input end,
controlling, by a charging controller and according to output
signals of a third amplifier and a fourth amplifier, a battery to
undergo charging at a constant voltage and a constant current; when
the first comparator finds, through comparison, that the sum of the
voltage of the power supplying tributary and the voltage of the
charging tributary is greater than or equal to the fifth preset
level and meanwhile, the voltage signal at the cathode of the input
end of the second amplifier is greater than or equal to the second
preset level at the anode of the input end, controlling, by the
second amplifier, the charging controller to gradually decrease a
charging current of the battery; and when the second comparator
finds, through comparison, that the voltage of the charging
tributary is less than or equal to a sixth preset level,
controlling, by the first comparator and the second comparator, a
first line selection end of the logical switch to connect the gate
of the first transistor, so as to limit a power supplying current
of a system to a maximum output current limit.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to Chinese Patent
Application No. 201110359733.0, filed on Nov. 14, 2011, which is
hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to the field of smart
charging, and in particular, to a charging and power supplying
circuit, method and application device.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] For a device that supports both power supplying by a
rechargeable battery and direct power supplying by a power supply
(for example, a mobile electronic device such as a mobile phone and
a portable instrument), when the device with the rechargeable
battery is connected to a power supply (for example, a universal
serial bus USB or power adapter), the power supply charges the
battery and supplies power to the system simultaneously through a
charging and power supplying circuit. With increase of the system
power consumption of the device, the efficiencies of battery
charging and system power supplying become more and more important.
Specifically, the higher the efficiencies of system power supplying
and battery charging are, the smaller the loss in the system power
supplying and battery charging is, and the less the heat a chip
produces. In this way, the service life of the device is prolonged,
and the difficulty of designing a heat dissipation structure of a
board-level system is reduced. In addition, the improved
efficiencies of battery charging and system power supplying also
help to prolong the service life of the battery.
[0004] Currently, the following three types of common charging and
power supplying circuits are mainly used.
[0005] In a charging and power supplying circuit shown in FIG. 1, a
power supply (USB or power adapter) 11 charges a battery and
supplies power to a system simultaneously through a charging
control chip (not shown in FIG. 1), and the system 14 is directly
connected to the battery 13.
[0006] With such a charging and power supplying circuit, once the
battery 13 is installed in the device, the system 14 is powered
only by the battery 13, and the battery 13 discharges while being
charged. As a result, the charging time of the battery 13 is
prolonged and the charging is repeated, which leads to low
efficiency of battery charging and reduces the service life of the
battery 13. In addition, in this solution, if a charger 12 is a
linear charger, both the charging efficiency and the power
supplying efficiency are very low.
[0007] FIG. 2 shows a currently prevalent charging and power
supplying circuit. In the circuit, a power supply (USB or power
adapter) 21 charges a battery 23 and supplies power to a system 24
respectively through a charging control chip (not shown in FIG. 2).
An end of an LDO (Low Dropout regulator, low dropout
regulator)/switch 25 is connected to the power supply, and another
end is connected to a first end of a linear charger 22 and to the
system 24. A second end of the linear charger 22 is connected to
the battery 23.
[0008] In this solution, the linear charger 22 is adopted for
charging the battery 23, so both the charging efficiency and the
power supplying efficiency are very low.
[0009] FIG. 3 shows a charging and power supplying circuit that is
mainly recommended in the industry currently. As shown in FIG. 3, a
power supply (USB or power adapter) 31 is connected to an input end
of a BUCK circuit (buck converter circuit) 35, and an output end of
the BUCK circuit 35 is connected to a system 34 and a source of a
system load switch 32 respectively. A drain of the system load
switch 32 is connected to a battery 33. In this solution, a switch
circuit is adopted to provide a total current for the charging
tributary and the system power supplying tributary, and the system
load switch 32 is mainly utilized to perform linear control on the
charging for the battery 33. Through loop control, the voltage on
the system 34 follows the voltage of the battery 33 to improve the
charging efficiency.
[0010] The defects lie in that, because the switch circuit supplies
power to the system, the efficiency of the switch circuit is the
efficiency of supplying power to the system 34; and the range of
variation of the load is wide so the average efficiency is low. The
efficiency of charging the battery 33 depends on a product of the
efficiency of the switch circuit and the efficiency of the system
load switch 32. Because the efficiency of the load switch 32 is
less than 1, the charging efficiency is always lower than the
efficiency of the switch circuit.
[0011] It can be seen that, charging technical solutions in the
prior art can hardly overcome the low efficiencies of battery
charging and system power supplying.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0012] Embodiments of the present invention provide a charging and
power supplying circuit, method and application device for a
rechargeable battery, so as to improve efficiencies of battery
charging and system power supplying.
[0013] To achieve the foregoing objective, the embodiments of the
present invention employ the following technical solutions.
[0014] In one aspect, a charging and power supplying circuit is
provided, which includes a power supplying tributary and a charging
tributary, where an end of the power supplying tributary is
connected to a power supply, and another end is connected to a
system; an end of the charging tributary is connected to the power
supply, and another end is connected to a battery.
[0015] A first transistor is connected to the power supplying
tributary, and a source and a drain of the first transistor are
connected to the power supplying tributary, and a gate of the first
transistor is connected to a line selection end of a logical
switch.
[0016] A second transistor is connected to the charging tributary,
and a source and a drain of the second transistor are connected to
the charging tributary, and a gate of the second transistor is
connected to an output end of a charging controller.
[0017] A source and a drain of a third transistor are connected to
the battery and the system respectively, and a gate of the third
transistor is connected to a first control module.
[0018] Two signal input ends of the logical switch are connected to
an output end of a first comparator and an output end of a second
comparator respectively, a first line selection end of the logical
switch is connected to an output end of a first amplifier, and a
second line selection end is connected to a switch-on control
end.
[0019] Three input ends of the charging controller are connected to
an output end of a second amplifier, an output end of a third
amplifier and an output end of a fourth amplifier respectively.
[0020] The charging and power supplying circuit further includes an
adder, where a voltage of the power supplying tributary is input to
a first input end of the adder, a voltage of the charging tributary
is input to a second input end, and an output of the adder is a sum
of the voltage of the power supplying tributary and the voltage of
the charging tributary.
[0021] A first preset level is input to an anode of an input end of
the first amplifier, and a cathode of the input end of the first
amplifier is connected to the output end of the adder and the sum
of the voltage of the power supplying tributary and the voltage of
the charging tributary is input to the cathode.
[0022] A second preset level is input to an anode of an input end
of the second amplifier, and a cathode of the input end of the
second amplifier is connected to the output end of the adder and
the sum of the voltage of the power supplying tributary and the
voltage of the charging tributary is input to the cathode.
[0023] The voltage of the charging tributary is input to a cathode
of an input end of the third amplifier, and a third preset level is
input to an anode of the input end of the third amplifier.
[0024] A component voltage of the battery is input to a cathode of
an input end of the fourth amplifier, and a fourth preset level is
input to an anode of the input end of the fourth amplifier.
[0025] An anode of an input end of the first comparator is
connected to the output end of the adder and the sum of the voltage
of the power supplying tributary and the voltage of the charging
tributary is input to the anode, and a fifth preset level is input
to a cathode of the input end of the first comparator.
[0026] A sixth preset level is input to an anode of an input end of
the second comparator, and a cathode of the input end of the second
comparator is connected to the second input end of the adder and
the voltage of the charging tributary is input to the cathode.
[0027] In another aspect, an application device of a charging and
power supplying circuit is provided, which includes any charging
and power supplying circuit described above.
[0028] In still another aspect, a charging and power supplying
method is provided, which includes:
[0029] when a first comparator finds, through comparison, that a
sum of a voltage of a power supplying tributary and a voltage of a
charging tributary is less than a fifth preset level, connecting a
second line selection end of a logical switch to a gate of a first
transistor to make the first transistor on; and meanwhile, when
voltage signals of two input ends of a second amplifier are not
equal, controlling, by a charging controller, a second transistor
to be on, and controlling, by the charging controller and according
to output signals of a third amplifier and a fourth amplifier, a
battery to undergo charging at a constant voltage and a constant
current;
[0030] when the first comparator finds, through comparison, that
the sum of the voltage of the power supplying tributary and the
voltage of the charging tributary is greater than or equal to the
fifth preset level and meanwhile, the voltage signals of the two
input ends of the second amplifier are equal, controlling, by the
charging controller, switch-off of the second transistor; and
[0031] when a second comparator finds, through comparison, that the
voltage of the charging tributary is less than or equal to a sixth
preset level, connecting a first line selection end of the logical
switch to the gate of the first transistor, so as to limit a power
supplying current of a system to a maximum output current
limit.
[0032] Through the charging and power supplying circuit, method and
application device provided by the embodiments of the present
invention, in the charging and power supplying circuit, the logical
switch selects a line according to the voltage of the power
supplying tributary and the voltage of the charging tributary, and
controls the first transistor to be in a fully switched-on state or
a current-limited state; the charging controller selects, according
to the sum of the voltage of the power supplying tributary and the
voltage of the charging tributary, switch-on/off of the second
transistor to control the current of the charging tributary. In
this way, the first transistor is a current-limiting switch for
supplying power to the system. In comparison with the prior art in
which the current-limiting switch is located in a trunk of the
charging and power supplying circuit, the first transistor of the
charging and power supplying circuit provided by the embodiments of
the present invention is located in the power supplying tributary
of the system, so that a current on the current-limiting switch
reduces to a current of the power supplying tributary of the
system. Because the first transistor is switched on in a lowest
on-resistance state, the resistance of the first transistor is tiny
in comparison with a load resistance, the power supplying loss of
the system is only the loss of the power supplying current of the
system on the first transistor, and the efficiency of system power
supplying approximates 100%. Meanwhile, because the loss of the
charging tributary of the battery is fully the loss on the switch
circuit, and the loss on the switch circuit itself is tiny, the
efficiency is very high. Therefore, in comparison with the existing
solutions, both the efficiency of system power supplying and the
efficiency of battery charging are improved significantly.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0033] To illustrate technical solutions in embodiments of the
present invention or in the prior art more clearly, accompanying
drawings to be used in the description of the embodiments or the
prior art are introduced briefly below. Apparently, the
accompanying drawings in the following description are only some
embodiments of the present invention, and persons of ordinary skill
in the art can derive other drawings from these accompanying
drawings without making creative efforts.
[0034] FIG. 1 is a schematic connection diagram of a charging and
power supplying circuit provided in the prior art;
[0035] FIG. 2 is a schematic connection diagram of another charging
and power supplying circuit provided in the prior art;
[0036] FIG. 3 is a schematic connection diagram of still another
charging and power supplying circuit provided in the prior art;
[0037] FIG. 4 is a schematic connection diagram of a charging and
power supplying circuit provided in an embodiment of the present
invention;
[0038] FIG. 5 is a schematic connection diagram of another charging
and power supplying circuit provided in an embodiment of the
present invention;
[0039] FIG. 6 is a schematic connection diagram of another charging
and power supplying circuit provided in an embodiment of the
present invention;
[0040] FIG. 7 is a schematic connection diagram of another charging
and power supplying circuit provided in an embodiment of the
present invention;
[0041] FIG. 8 is a schematic connection diagram of another charging
and power supplying circuit provided in an embodiment of the
present invention;
[0042] FIG. 9 is a schematic connection diagram of another charging
and power supplying circuit provided in an embodiment of the
present invention;
[0043] FIG. 10 is a schematic connection diagram of another
charging and power supplying circuit provided in an embodiment of
the present invention;
[0044] FIG. 11 is a schematic connection diagram of another
charging and power supplying circuit provided in an embodiment of
the present invention;
[0045] FIG. 12 is a schematic connection diagram of another
charging and power supplying circuit provided in an embodiment of
the present invention;
[0046] FIG. 13 is a schematic connection diagram of another
charging and power supplying circuit provided in an embodiment of
the present invention;
[0047] FIG. 14 is a schematic connection diagram of another
charging and power supplying circuit provided in an embodiment of
the present invention; and
[0048] FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a charging and power supplying
method provided in an embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
[0049] Technical solutions in embodiments of the present invention
are described clearly and completely in the following in
conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of
the present invention. Evidently, the embodiments to be described
are merely part rather than all of the embodiments of the present
invention. All other embodiments derived by persons of ordinary
skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention
without making creative efforts shall fall within the protection
scope of the present invention.
[0050] It should be noted in advance that a voltage of a charging
tributary mentioned in the following embodiments refers to a
voltage corresponding to a current of the charging tributary, and a
voltage of a power supplying tributary refers to a voltage
corresponding to a current of the power supplying tributary. A
voltage corresponding to a current may be a voltage generated when
the current passes through a standard load, or a voltage obtained
when the current passes through a standard I/V converter. For
example, a maximum output current limit of a power supply is 250 mA
and the standard load is 4 .OMEGA., and therefore, a voltage
corresponding to the maximum output current limit of the power
supply is 1 V. Also, when the maximum output current limit of the
power supply is 250 mA, the voltage corresponding to the maximum
output current limit of the power supply may be obtained through a
standard I/V converter. I/V conversion in all the embodiments of
the present invention is of a uniform standard, and the I/V
converters mentioned in the following embodiments are of a uniform
specification. The uniform standard may be set by a person.
[0051] As shown in FIG. 4, a charging and power supplying circuit
provided in an embodiment of the present invention includes:
[0052] a power supplying tributary 401 and a charging tributary
402, where an end of the power supplying tributary 401 is connected
to a power supply 41, and another end is connected to a system 42;
an end of the charging tributary 402 is connected to the power
supply 41, and another end is connected to a battery 43.
[0053] A first transistor 461 is connected to the power supplying
tributary 401, and a source and a drain of the first transistor 461
are connected to the power supplying tributary 401, and a gate of
the first transistor 461 is connected to a line selection end of a
logical switch 44.
[0054] A second transistor 462 is connected to the charging
tributary 402, and a source and a drain of the second transistor
462 are connected to the charging tributary 402, and a gate of the
second transistor 462 is connected to an output end of a charging
controller 45.
[0055] A source and a drain of a third transistor 463 are connected
to the battery 43 and the system 42 respectively, and a gate of the
third transistor 463 is connected to a first control module
4631.
[0056] Two signal input ends of the logical switch 44 are connected
to an output end of a first comparator 481 and an output end of a
second comparator 482 respectively, a first line selection end of
the logical switch is connected to an output end of a first
amplifier 471, and a second line selection end is connected to a
switch-on control end 441.
[0057] Three input ends of the charging controller 45 are connected
to an output end of a second amplifier 472, an output end of a
third amplifier 473 and an output end of a fourth amplifier 474
respectively.
[0058] The charging and power supplying circuit further includes an
adder 49, where a voltage of the power supplying tributary 401 is
input to a first input end 4011 of the adder 49, a voltage of the
charging tributary 402 is input to a second input end 4021, and an
output of the adder 49 is a sum of the voltage of the power
supplying tributary 401 and the voltage of the charging tributary
402.
[0059] A first preset level is input to an anode of an input end of
the first amplifier 471, and a cathode of the input end of the
first amplifier 471 is connected to the output end of the adder 49
and the sum of the voltage of the power supplying tributary 401 and
the voltage of the charging tributary 402 is input to the
cathode.
[0060] A second preset level is input to an anode of an input end
of the second amplifier 472, and a cathode of the input end of the
second amplifier 472 is connected to the output end of the adder 49
and the sum of the voltage of the power supplying tributary 401 and
the voltage of the charging tributary 402 is input to the
cathode.
[0061] The voltage of the charging tributary 402 is input to a
cathode of an input end of the third amplifier 473, and a third
preset level is input to an anode of the input end of the third
amplifier 473.
[0062] A component voltage of the battery 43 is input to a cathode
of an input end of the fourth amplifier 474, and a fourth preset
level is input to an anode of the input end of the fourth amplifier
474. In a practical circuit, the voltage of the battery 43 is
generally high. A high voltage tends to damage the fourth amplifier
474. Therefore, multiple voltage divider resistors may be connected
in parallel to obtain low component voltages.
[0063] An anode of an input end of the first comparator 481 is
connected to the output end of the adder 49 and the sum of the
voltage of the power supplying tributary 401 and the voltage of the
charging tributary 402 is input to the anode, and a fifth preset
level is input to a cathode of the input end of the first
comparator 481.
[0064] A sixth preset level is input to an anode of an input end of
the second comparator 482, and a cathode of the input end of the
second comparator 482 is connected to the second input end of the
adder 49 and the voltage of the charging tributary 402 is input to
the cathode.
[0065] The logical switch 44 makes a judgment according to logical
signals input from the signal input ends, and then the logical
switch 44 can connect the gate of the first transistor 461 to the
output end of the first amplifier 471 or the switch-on control end
441 according to a judgment result, thereby controlling the first
transistor 461 to be in a current-limited state or a fully
switched-on state. The fully switched-on state means that the first
transistor is switched on in a lowest on-resistance state and that
the second line selection end of the logical switch 44 is connected
to the switch-on control end 441. Specifically, when the first
transistor 461 is a PMOS (P-channel field-effect transistor), the
switch-on control end 441 has a low level. The low level refers to
a voltage lower than a difference between the voltage of the power
supply 41 and the switch-on threshold voltage of the first
transistor 461, and the low level may further include a ground
level. When the first transistor 461 is an NMOS (N-channel
field-effect transistor), the switch-on control end 441 has a
switch-on level, and the switch-on level refers to a voltage higher
than a sum of a rated voltage of the system 42 and a switch-on
threshold voltage of the first transistor 461. The switch-on
control end 441 is connected to the gate of the first transistor
461 to make the first transistor 461 reach the switch-on threshold
voltage, thereby controlling the first transistor 461 to be in a
fully switched-on state. The first control module 4631 connected to
the gate of the third transistor 463 is configured to judge whether
a power supply is connected to the charging and power supplying
circuit, and control switch-on/off of the third transistor 463
according to a judgment result. The first control module 4631 may
be any module capable of implementing the foregoing function in the
prior art. The first to sixth preset levels may be set by a person,
and the first, second and fifth preset levels are all greater than
the sixth preset level. In a practical circuit, components of
various types are different from each other, and components of the
same type may also differ from each other. Therefore, the first to
sixth preset levels may differ from each other. In the embodiment
of the present invention, the first amplifier 471, the second
amplifier 472 and the first comparator 481 each have an input end
for inputting the sum of the voltage of the power supplying
tributary 401 and the voltage of the charging tributary 402.
Preferably, the first, second and fifth preset levels may be equal
to a voltage corresponding to a maximum output current limit of the
power supply 41, thereby reducing the number of the preset levels
and lowering the complexity of the circuit. In the following
embodiments, illustration is made with an example where the first,
second and fifth preset levels are equal to the voltage
corresponding to the maximum output current limit of the power
supply 41.
[0066] With such a charging and power supplying circuit, in a
process of supplying power to the system, when the sum of the
voltage of the power supplying tributary 401 and the voltage of the
charging tributary 402 is less than the fifth preset level, the
second line selection end of the logical switch 44 connected to the
switch-on control end 441 is connected to the gate of the first
transistor 461, thereby making the first transistor 461 in the
fully switched-on state; when the sum of the voltage of the power
supplying tributary 401 and the voltage of the charging tributary
402 is equal to the first preset level and less than the sixth
preset level, the first line selection end of the logical switch 44
connected to the output end of the first amplifier 471 is connected
to the gate of the first transistor 461, so that power is supplied
to the system at a limited current. In a process of charging the
battery, when the sum of the voltage of the power supplying
tributary 401 and the voltage of the charging tributary 402 is not
equal to the second preset level, the charging controller 45
controls the second transistor 462 to be on, and the charging
controller 45 controls the battery 43 to undergo charging at a
constant current and a constant voltage, according to a current
signal of the charging tributary 402 fed back by the third
amplifier 473 and a voltage signal of the charging tributary 402
fed back by the fourth amplifier 474; when the sum of the voltage
of the power supplying tributary 401 and the voltage of the
charging tributary 402 is equal to the second preset level, the
charging controller 45 controls switch-off of the second transistor
462, and the battery charging is ended.
[0067] In this way, the first transistor is a current-limiting
switch for system power supplying. In comparison with the prior art
in which the current-limiting switch is located in a trunk of the
charging and power supplying circuit, the first transistor of the
charging and power supplying circuit provided by the embodiment of
the present invention is located in the power supplying tributary
of the system, so that a current on the current-limiting switch
reduces to a current of the power supplying tributary of the
system. Because the first transistor is switched on in the lowest
on-resistance state, the resistance of the first transistor is tiny
in comparison with a load resistance, the power supplying loss of
the system is only the loss of the power supplying current of the
system on the first transistor, and the efficiency of system power
supplying approximates 100%. Meanwhile, because the loss of the
charging tributary of the battery is fully the loss on the switch
circuit, and the loss on the switch circuit itself is tiny, the
efficiency is very high. Therefore, in comparison with the existing
solutions, both the efficiency of system power supplying and the
efficiency of battery charging are improved significantly.
[0068] Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the charging and power
supplying circuit may further include a power supplying voltage
detecting module 50 configured to detect a voltage of the power
supplying tributary. An output end of the power supplying voltage
detecting module 50 is connected to the first input end 4011 of the
adder 49. An input end of the power supplying voltage detecting
module 50 is connected to at least one of the source and the drain
of the first transistor 461.
[0069] Specifically, the power supplying voltage detecting module
50 configured to detect the voltage of the power supplying
tributary may be connected in the following six schemes.
[0070] Scheme 1: As shown in FIG. 5, the power supplying voltage
detecting module 50 may include:
[0071] a first I/V converter 501, where an input end of the first
I/V converter 501 is connected to the source or the drain of the
first transistor 461 and a current of the power supplying tributary
401 is input to the input end, and an output end of the first I/V
converter 501 is the output end of the power supplying voltage
detecting module 50.
[0072] In this way, a current signal of the source or the drain of
the first transistor 461 can be quickly and directly converted by
the first I/V converter 501 into a power supplying voltage, which
reduces the implementation difficulty of circuit design.
[0073] Scheme 2: As shown in FIG. 6, the power supplying voltage
detecting module 50 may further include:
[0074] a fourth transistor 502, where a source of the fourth
transistor 502 is connected to the source of the first transistor
461, and a gate is connected to the gate of the first transistor
461;
[0075] a fifth transistor 503, where a source of the fifth
transistor 503 is connected to a drain of the fourth transistor
502;
[0076] an operational amplifier 504, where an anode of an input end
of the operational amplifier 504 is connected to the drain of the
fourth transistor 502, a cathode of the input end is connected to
the drain of the first transistor 461, and an output end is
connected to a gate of the fifth transistor 503; and
[0077] a voltage divider resistor 505, where a first end of the
voltage divider resistor 505 is connected to a drain of the fifth
transistor 503 and a second end is grounded, and the first end of
the voltage divider resistor 505 is the output end of the power
supplying voltage detecting module 50.
[0078] With such a circuit, the fourth transistor 502 can precisely
mirror a current of the first transistor 461 through the
operational amplifier 504 to accurately obtain a source voltage and
a drain voltage of the first transistor 461 and measure the
voltages on the voltage divider resistor 505, thereby precisely
detecting the power supplying voltage, where the power supplying
voltage is a voltage corresponding to the current of the power
supplying tributary.
[0079] Scheme 3: As shown in FIG. 7, the power supplying voltage
detecting module 50 may further include:
[0080] a fourth transistor 502, where a drain of the fourth
transistor 502 is connected to the drain of the first transistor
461, and a gate is connected to the gate of the first transistor
461;
[0081] a fifth transistor 503, where a source of the fifth
transistor 503 is connected to a source of the fourth transistor
502;
[0082] an operational amplifier 504, where an anode of an input end
of the operational amplifier 504 is connected to the source of the
fourth transistor 502 and a cathode of the input end is connected
to the source of the first transistor 461, and an output end is
connected to a gate of the fifth transistor 503; and
[0083] a voltage divider resistor 505, where a first end of the
voltage divider resistor 505 is connected to a drain of the fifth
transistor 503 and a second end is grounded, and the first end of
the voltage divider resistor 505 is the output end of the power
supplying voltage detecting module 50.
[0084] Compared with Scheme 2, the first transistor 461 and the
fourth transistor 502 in Scheme 3 have, except for gates and
clamped ends, another common end connected to the system instead of
the power supply. Such a connection manner produces the same
beneficial effect as Scheme 2.
[0085] Scheme 4: As shown in FIG. 8, the power supplying voltage
detecting module 50 may further include:
[0086] a fourth transistor 502, where a source of the fourth
transistor 502 is connected to the source of the first transistor
461, and a gate is connected to the gate of the first transistor
461;
[0087] a fifth transistor 503, where a source of the fifth
transistor 503 is connected to the drain of the first transistor
461;
[0088] a sixth transistor 506, where a source of the sixth
transistor 506 is connected to a drain of the fourth transistor
502, and a gate is connected to a gate of the fifth transistor
503;
[0089] a current source 507, where a first end of the current
source 507 is connected to a drain and the gate of the fifth
transistor 503 and a second end is grounded; and
[0090] a voltage divider resistor 505, where a first end of the
voltage divider resistor 505 is connected to a drain of the sixth
transistor 506 and a second end is grounded, and the first end of
the voltage divider resistor 505 is the output end of the power
supplying voltage detecting module 50.
[0091] In this scheme, a simple voltage following circuit is used
to make the source voltage of the sixth transistor 506 follow the
source voltage of the fifth transistor 503, thereby ensuring that
voltages on three ends of the first transistor 461 and three ends
of the fourth transistor 502 are equal and making the detection of
the power supplying voltage more precise.
[0092] Scheme 5: As shown in FIG. 9, the power supplying voltage
detecting module 50 may further include:
[0093] a fourth transistor 502, where a drain of the fourth
transistor 502 is connected to the drain of the first transistor
461, and a gate is connected to the gate of the first transistor
461;
[0094] a fifth transistor 503, where a source of the fifth
transistor 503 is connected to the source of the first transistor
461;
[0095] a sixth transistor 506, where a source of the sixth
transistor 506 is connected to a source of the fourth transistor
502, and a gate is connected to a gate of the fifth transistor
503;
[0096] a current source 507, where a first end of the current
source 507 is connected to a drain and the gate of the fifth
transistor 503 and a second end is grounded; and
[0097] a voltage divider resistor 505, where a first end of the
voltage divider resistor 505 is connected to a drain of the sixth
transistor 506 and a second end is grounded, and the first end of
the voltage divider resistor 505 is the output end of the power
supplying voltage detecting module 50.
[0098] Compared with Scheme 4, the first transistor 461 and the
fourth transistor 502 in Scheme 5 have, except for the gates and
clamped ends, another common end connected to the system instead of
the power supply. Such a connection manner produces the same
beneficial effect as Scheme 4.
[0099] Scheme 6: As shown in FIG. 10, the power supplying voltage
detecting module 50 may further include:
[0100] a first voltage difference amplifying module 508, where a
first input end of the first voltage difference amplifying module
508 is connected to the source of the first transistor 461, and a
second input end is connected to the drain of the first transistor
461, and an output end of the first voltage difference amplifying
module 508 is the output end of the power supplying voltage
detecting module 50.
[0101] In this scheme, a method of directly detecting a voltage
difference between the source and the drain of the first transistor
461 is adopted, and then the voltage difference is amplified
through the first voltage difference amplifying module 508. In this
way, the power supplying voltage can be detected quickly and
conveniently. The power supplying voltage is the voltage
corresponding to the current of the power supplying tributary.
[0102] In the charging and power supplying circuit provided in the
embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 11, an
inductor 410 is further connected to the charging tributary, where
a first end 4101 of the inductor 410 is connected to the drain of
the second transistor 462, and a second end of the inductor 410 is
connected to the battery 43.
[0103] The first end 4101 of the inductor 410 is grounded through a
seventh transistor 464; and a drain of the seventh transistor is
connected to the first end 4101 of the inductor 410, a source is
grounded, and a gate is connected to the output end of the charging
controller 45.
[0104] The first end 4101 of the inductor 410 is grounded through
the seventh transistor 464. Meanwhile, the charging controller 45
controls switch-on/off of the seventh transistor 464. Specifically,
when the second transistor 462 is switched on, the seventh
transistor 464 is switched off; when the second transistor 462 is
switched off, the seventh transistor 464 is switched on. When
charging of the battery is ended, the second transistor 462 is
switched off, the seventh transistor 464 is switched off, and the
charging of the battery is ended.
[0105] Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the charging and power
supplying circuit further includes:
[0106] a second I/V converter 411, where an input end of the second
I/V converter 411 is connected to the second end 4102 of the
inductor 410 and a current of the charging tributary 402 is input
to the input end, and an output end of the second I/V converter 411
is connected to the cathode of the input end of the third amplifier
473.
[0107] In this way, the current of the charging tributary 402 is
converted, through the second I/V converter 411, into a voltage
signal, the third preset level is input to the anode of the input
end of the third amplifier 473, and when the voltage signal is
equal to the third preset level, the charging controller 45
controls constant-current charging of the battery 43 by using a
current corresponding to the third preset level value as a
standard. When the voltage signal is not equal to the third preset
level, the charging controller 45 controls the current of the
charging tributary 402 to change toward the current corresponding
to the third preset level value. Further, the voltage of the
charging tributary, which is input to the second input end of the
adder 49, may be obtained in the following three circuit connection
schemes.
[0108] Scheme 1: As shown in FIG. 12, the charging and power
supplying circuit may include:
[0109] a duty ratio generator 412, where an input end of the duty
ratio generator 412 is connected to the output end of the second
I/V converter 411 and the voltage of the charging tributary 402 is
input to the input end, and an output end of the duty ratio
generator 412 is connected to the second input end of the adder 49
and to the cathode of the input end of the second comparator
482.
[0110] In a practical circuit, the duty ratio generator 412 may be
a multiplier in an analog circuit, and the voltage input to the
duty ratio generator 412 may be multiplied by a duty ratio to
obtain a voltage signal that has the duty ratio. In this way, a
current output from the second end 4102 of the inductor 410 is
first converted, through the second I/V converter 411, into a
voltage corresponding to the current, and then multiplied by a
specific duty ratio to recover the voltage of the charging
tributary properly. The duty ratio generator 412 outputs the
obtained voltage of the charging tributary to the second input end
of the adder.
[0111] Scheme 2: As shown in FIG. 13, an eighth transistor 465 may
further be connected to the charging tributary, where a source of
the eighth transistor 465 is connected to the power supply 41, a
drain is connected to the source of the second transistor 462, and
a gate is connected to a second control module 4651.
[0112] The charging and power supplying circuit further includes: a
current sensor 4652, where a first input end and a second input end
of the current sensor 4652 are connected to the source and the
drain of the eighth transistor 465 respectively, and an output end
of the current sensor 4652 is connected to the second input end of
the adder 49 and to the cathode of the input end of the second
comparator 482.
[0113] The second control module 4651 controls the eighth
transistor 465 to be in a switch-on state when the battery is
charged. The second control module 4651 may be any element capable
of implementing the foregoing function in the prior art.
Specifically, the current sensor 4652 may be a transistor switch
connected in parallel with the eighth transistor 465. In this way,
a voltage between the source and the drain of the eighth transistor
465, namely, the voltage of the charging tributary 402, may be
obtained through measuring by the current sensor 4652, and the
current sensor 4652 outputs the detected voltage 4021 of the
charging tributary to the second input end of the adder.
[0114] Scheme 3: As shown in FIG. 14, a detection resistor 413 may
further be connected to the charging tributary, where a first end
of the charging tributary is connected to the power supply 41, and
a second end is connected to the source of the second transistor
462.
[0115] The charging and power supplying circuit further includes a
second voltage difference amplifying module 475, where a first
input end and a second input end of the second voltage difference
amplifying module 475 are connected to the first end and the second
end of the detection resistor 413 respectively, and an output end
of the second voltage difference amplifying module 475 is connected
to the second input end of the adder 49 and to the cathode of the
input end of the second comparator 482.
[0116] Compared with Scheme 2, this scheme uses a detection
resistor 413 in place of the eighth transistor 465. In a practical
circuit, because a resistance value of the resistor 413 is small,
voltages on both ends of the resistor 413 are generally low. The
second voltage difference amplifying module 475 is connected in
parallel with the resistor 413 to amplify the voltages on both ends
of the resistor 413 to obtain the voltage of the charging tributary
402. The two schemes have similar structures and same functions.
Both schemes can obtain the voltage of the charging tributary
precisely. The voltage of the charging tributary is a voltage
corresponding to the current of the charging tributary.
[0117] It should be noted that, the charging and power supplying
circuit provided in the embodiment of the present invention may
include any one of the foregoing six connection schemes of the
power supplying voltage detecting module, and any one of the
foregoing three schemes of voltage detection of the charging
tributary. In addition, the charging controller may be any one of a
switch charger, a linear charger and a pulse charger.
[0118] An application device of a charging and power supplying
circuit provided in an embodiment of the present invention includes
any charging and power supplying circuit described above.
[0119] Through the application device of the charging and power
supplying circuit provided in the embodiment of the present
invention, in the charging and power supplying circuit, the logical
switch selects a line according to the voltage of the power
supplying tributary and the voltage of the charging tributary, and
controls the first transistor to be in a fully switched-on state or
a current-limited state; the charging controller selects, according
to the sum of the voltage of the power supplying tributary and the
voltage of the charging tributary, switch-on/off of the second
transistor to control the current of the charging tributary. In
this way, the first transistor is a current-limiting switch for
system power supplying. In comparison with the prior art in which
the current-limiting switch is located in a trunk of the charging
and power supplying circuit, the first transistor of the charging
and power supplying circuit provided by the embodiment of the
present invention is located in the power supplying tributary of
the system, so that a current on the current-limiting switch
reduces to a current of the power supplying tributary of the
system. Because the first transistor is switched on in a lowest
on-resistance state, the resistance of the first transistor is tiny
in comparison with a load resistance, the power supplying loss of
the system is only the loss of the power supplying current of the
system on the first transistor, and the efficiency of system power
supplying approximates 100%. Meanwhile, because the loss of the
charging tributary of the battery is fully the loss on the switch
circuit, and the loss on the switch circuit itself is tiny, the
efficiency is very high. Therefore, in comparison with the existing
solutions, both the efficiency of system power supplying and the
efficiency of battery charging are improved significantly.
[0120] As shown in FIG. 15, a charging and power supplying method
provided in an embodiment of the present invention includes the
following steps.
[0121] S1501: When a first comparator finds, through comparison,
that a sum of a voltage of a power supplying tributary and a
voltage of a charging tributary is less than a fifth preset level,
the first comparator and a second comparator control a second line
selection end of a logical switch to connect a gate of a first
transistor to make the first transistor fully switched on; and
meanwhile, when a voltage signal at a cathode of an input end of a
second amplifier is less than a second preset level at an anode of
the input end, a charging controller controls, according to output
signals of a third amplifier and a fourth amplifier, a battery to
undergo charging at a constant voltage and a constant current.
[0122] S1502: When the first comparator finds, through comparison,
that the sum of the voltage of the power supplying tributary and
the voltage of the charging tributary is greater than or equal to
the fifth preset level and meanwhile, the voltage signal at the
cathode of the input end of the second amplifier is greater than or
equal to the second preset level at the anode of the input end, the
second amplifier controls the charging controller to gradually
decrease a charging current of the battery.
[0123] S1503: When the second comparator finds, through comparison,
that the voltage of the charging tributary is less than or equal to
a sixth preset level, the first comparator and the second
comparator control a first line selection end of the logical switch
to connect the gate of the first transistor, so as to limit a power
supplying current of a system to a maximum output current
limit.
[0124] Through the charging and power supplying method provided in
the embodiment of the present invention, in the charging and power
supplying circuit, the logical switch selects a line according to
the voltage of the power supplying tributary and the voltage of the
charging tributary, and controls the first transistor to be in a
fully switched-on state or a current-limited state; the charging
controller selects, according to the sum of the voltage of the
power supplying tributary and the voltage of the charging
tributary, switch-on/off of the second transistor to control the
current of the charging tributary. In this way, the first
transistor is a current-limiting switch for system power supplying.
In comparison with the prior art in which the current-limiting
switch is located in a trunk of the charging and power supplying
circuit, the first transistor of the charging and power supplying
circuit provided by the embodiment of the present invention is
located in the power supplying tributary of the system, so that a
current on the current-limiting switch reduces to a current of the
power supplying tributary of the system. Because the first
transistor is switched on in a lowest on-resistance state, the
resistance of the first transistor is tiny in comparison with a
load resistance, the power supplying loss of the system is only the
loss of the power supplying current of the system on the first
transistor, and the efficiency of system power supplying
approximates 100%. Meanwhile, because the loss of the charging
tributary of the battery is fully the loss on the switch circuit,
and the loss of the switch circuit itself is tiny, the efficiency
is very high. Therefore, in comparison with the existing solutions,
both the efficiency of system power supplying and the efficiency of
battery charging are improved significantly.
[0125] The above descriptions are merely specific implementation
manners of the present invention, but not intended to limit the
protection scope of the present invention. Any variation or
replacement that can be easily derived by persons skilled in the
art within the technical scope disclosed in the present invention
shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention is subject
to the appended claims.
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